Thengwayo Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Thengwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thengwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2461:220,23523,087
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Thengwayo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thengwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Thengwayo is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thengwayo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,022,958th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname Thengwayo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Thengwayo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 220,235. In South Africa Thengwayo is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 53 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 28 percent live and Gauteng, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Wales, where 0 percent live.

Thengwayo Last Name Statistics demography

Thengwayo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.1% less than the national average, earning R 166,116 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Thingwai7131/
Thengbai711/
Taengkuay671/
Tengwei6381/
Tingbay6335/
Tengbau6325/
Tingwey6320/
Tenguey6317/
Thuengkuea6310/
Tengbea636/
Tinguay632/
Tengwie631/
Tingwoi631/
Tingwai631/
Tengbey631/
Thingbai595/
Tingbaye591/
Taengguai561/
Tinguey5075/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thengwayo
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